USS Benfold (DDG-65) is a Flight I Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She is a multi-mission platform capable of anti-aircraft warfare (AAW) with the powerful Aegis Combat System suite and anti-aircraft missiles , anti-submarine warfare (ASW), with towed sonar array , anti-submarine rockets, anti-surface warfare (ASUW ...

YOKOSUKA, KANAGAWA, JAPAN — The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65) returned to Yokosuka, Japan, from patrol on Aug. 31. Independence-variant littoral combat ship...

USS BENFOLD DDG-65 is the 15th Arleigh Burke-class Guided Missile Destroyer in the United States Navy. The USS BENFOLD keel was laid on 27 September 1993 and she joined the...

The ship is named after Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Edward C. Benfold, a Congressional Medal of Honor winner, who was killed in action while serving with the 1st Marine Division during the Korean Conflict.

Vessel USS Benfold (DDG-65) NATO WARSHIP is a military ops ship waving the flag of United States of America. Her IMO number is 1 and MMSI number is 338816000. Main ship specifications are length of 154 m and beam of 20 m.

Nov 9, 1994 · Named for: USN Hospital Corpsman Edward Clyde Benfold. Complement: 33 Officers and 258 Enlisted. Length: 505 feet . Beam: 66 feet . Draft: 31 feet . Range: 4 400 nautical miles

USS Benfold (DDG 65) fires a Standard Missile during training exercise Stellar Daggers in the Pacific Ocean. Benfold engaged multiple targets with Standard Missile-2 (SM-2) Block IIIA and modified SM-2 BLK IV missiles.

Sep 13, 2023 · YOKOSUKA, Japan — The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold (DDG 65) returned to Yokosuka, Japan, from patrol on Aug. 31.

USS Benfold (DDG-65) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. The destroyer's namesake is Hospital Corpsman Third Class Edward Clyde Benfold, who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic action on September 5, 1952 while assigned to the United States...

Feb 11, 2025 · Sailors aboard USS Benfold (DDG 65) support flight operations for a Royal Australian Navy MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter during multilateral operations with Australia and the United Kingdom in the ...